Those who were found wearing zoot suits were beaten and often stripped of their clothing. Thousands of white civilians cheered them on and helped the sailors. As the riot progressed, Mexican ...

"On May 31, 1943, a group of servicemen and a group of Mexican American youth wearing zoot suits scuffled in downtown Los Angeles. Three days later, on June 3, 1943, another confrontation ensued, only ...

"To see people from the other side of the world...is dope," says Frankie Quiñones. It might sound strange to hear that the ...

Flamboyant zoot suit culture, with its ties to fashion ... and the politics of culture in urban America during World War II. He argues that Mexican American and African American youths, along with ...

Lowriding has been an expression of cultural identity in the United States for decades, born in the Mexican-American ...

The fifth edition of Cara Mia’s Latinidades Festival has not only expanded to include performances by more than a dozen ...

Chavarria has quickly become one of the industry's brightest breakout stars, redefining how representation, community and ...

In this study, Edward J. Escobar examines the history of the relationship between the Los Angeles Police Department and the Mexican American community from the turn of the century to the era of the ...

As a Mexican American teenager, Montoya just can’t seem to stay ... However, the violent scenes depicting the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 were filmed on so-called New York Street in the Universal Studios ...

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Valdez, also the writer of "Zoot Suit," said he was faced with the "choice ... he was better known for his rock ’n’ roll version of the Mexican folk song “La Bamba.” Eight months after ...